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{{Short description|Television station in Carthage, New York}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[WNYW]], the Fox Broadcasting Company's flagship station in New York City}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox television station dual
| name1 = WWNY-TV
| name2 = WWNY-CD
| city1 = [[Carthage, New York|Carthage]]–[[Watertown, New York]]
| city2 = [[Massena (village), New York|Massena, New York]]
| country = United States
| logo = WWNY-TV 7 News logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| image = Wnyf ca 2008.png
| image_size = 200px
| branding = {{ubl|'''7.1/28.2:''' WWNY-TV 7|''7 News'' (newscasts)|'''7.2/28.1:''' Fox 28}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''7.1/28.2:''' [[CBS]]|'''[[WNYF-CD|7.2/28.1]]:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[Gray Media]]
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[LLC]]
| callsign_meaning = Watertown, New York
| sister_stations = WNYF-CD
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.wwnytv.com/}}
| airdate1 = {{Start date and age|1954|10|22|p=y}}<ref>[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=87047 FCC History Cards for WWNY-TV]. [[Federal Communications Commission]].</ref>
| virtual1 = 7
| former_channel_numbers1 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 7 (VHF, 1954–2009)|'''Digital:''' 35 (UHF, 2003–2009), 7 (VHF, 2009–2020)}}
| former_callsigns1 = WCNY-TV (1954–1965)
| facility_id1 = 68851
| digital1 = 8 ([[VHF]])
| erp1 = 50 kW
| haat1 = {{convert|219|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates1 = {{coord|43|57|15|N|75|43|44|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| digital2 = 18 (UHF)
| virtual2 = 28
| airdate2 = 2001 (as separate station)
| former_callsigns2 = {{ubl|W28BC (1994–2002)|WNYF-LP (2002–2010)|WNYF-LD (2010–2013)|WNYF-CD (2013–2014)}}
| former_channel_numbers2 = '''Analog:''' 28 (UHF, 1994–2010)
| former_affiliations1 = {{ubl|'''All secondary:'''|[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] (1954–1955)|[[NBC]] (1954–1995)|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1954–1988)|[[NTA Film Network|NTA]] (1956–1961)|[[National Educational Television|NET]]/[[PBS]] (1958–1971)|Fox (1987–1998)}}
| former_affiliations2 = {{ubl|ABC (as WWTI repeater)|UPN (secondary; 2001–2006)}}
| erp2 = 4&nbsp;kW
| haat2 = {{convert|244.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class2 = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| facility_id2 = 16744
| coordinates2 = {{coord|44|29|29|N|74|51|26|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WWNY-CD}}
}}

'''WWNY-TV''' (channel 7) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Carthage, New York]], United States,{{efn|The original 1952 construction permit lists "WWNY-TV 48 Watertown, New York", a UHF allotment returned unbuilt when the station requested 7 Carthage in 1954.<ref>[https://uhfhistory.com/45-83.html "A Trail of Bleached Bones"], [[Clarke Ingram]], UHFhistory.com</ref> TV 7 could not be assigned to Watertown as a future [[WKBW-TV|7 Buffalo]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.w9wi.com/articles/1952.htm|title=Original 1952 channel allotments|date=May 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517113019/http://www.w9wi.com/articles/1952.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> some 165 miles distant, held the allotment. (That station signed on in 1958.) To prevent [[co-channel interference|interference]], the [[FCC]] required 175-mile minimum spacing between co-channel VHF TV stations. That pushed WCNY-TV's transmitter east to [[Champion, New York|Champion Hill]], originally with a different [[broadcast call sign]] from Watertown-licensed [[WTNY|WWNY radio]].}} serving as the [[CBS]] affiliate for the [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]] area. It is owned by [[Gray Media]] alongside [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WNYF-CD]] (channel 28). The two stations share studios on Arcade Street in downtown Watertown; WWNY-TV and WNYF-CD's transmitters are located on the same tower along [[NY 126]]/State Street on [[Champion, New York#Communities and locations in Champion|Champion Hill]].

'''WWNY-CD''' (channel 28) is a Class A station licensed to [[Massena (village), New York|Massena, New York]], which operates as a [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of WWNY-TV. This station's transmitter is located at [[WNPI-DT]]'s site southeast of [[Colton, New York|South Colton]] along [[NY 56]].

==History==
WCNY-TV was granted a [[special temporary authority]] (STA) to begin broadcasting on October 14, 1954.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1954/1954-10-25-BC.pdf |title=Existing Tv Stations . . .: Applications |date=October 25, 1954 |magazine=Broadcasting/Telecasting Magazine |publisher=Broadcasting Publications |page=109 |via=americanradiohistory.com}}</ref> It was locally owned by the ''[[Watertown Daily Times]]'', which also owned WWNY radio (AM 790, now [[WTNY]]) in Watertown.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1956/1956-09-03-BC.pdf|title=The Home That Radio Build |magazine=Broadcasting/Telecasting Magazine |date=September 3, 1956|page=68|access-date=September 28, 2018 |via=americanradiohistory.com}}</ref> The station carried programming from two networks at the time (CBS, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]<ref>{{cite news |title=For the Record |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1954/1954-10-11-BC.pdf |access-date=September 28, 2018 |work=Broadcasting/Telecasting Magazine |date=October 11, 1954 |page=134 |via=americanradiohistory.com}}</ref> then added [[NBC]] by the program)<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1956/1956-09-03-BC.pdf |title=Telestatus |magazine=Broadcasting/Telecasting Magazine |date=September 3, 1956|page=85|access-date=September 28, 2018 |via=americanradiohistory.com}}</ref> but has always been a primary CBS affiliate. During the late-1950s, WCNY was also briefly affiliated with the [[NTA Film Network]].<ref name="Boxoffice7">{{Citation|title=Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films|journal=Boxoffice|page=13|date=November 10, 1956|url=http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1}}</ref> By the mid-1960s, the station benefited from the ratings-dominant CBS programming lineup and established a large viewership base, including much of eastern [[Ontario]], Canada. After the FCC allowed television and radio stations to share the same base call sign even when they were licensed to different cities, channel 7 changed call letters to WWNY-TV to match its radio sisters in July 1965. The [[WCNY-TV]] calls now reside on a [[PBS]] [[network affiliate#Member stations|member station]] in nearby [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]].

The station was a major beneficiary of a quirk in the FCC's plan for allocating stations. In the early days of broadcast television, there were twelve VHF channels available and 69 UHF channels (later reduced to 55 in 1983). The VHF bands were more desirable because they carried longer distances. Since there were only twelve VHF channels available, there were limitations as to how closely the stations could be spaced.

After the FCC's ''Sixth Report and Order'' ended the license freeze and opened the UHF band in 1952, it devised a plan for allocating VHF licenses. Under this plan, almost all of the country would be able to receive two commercial VHF channels plus one noncommercial channel. Most of the rest of the country ("1/2") would be able to receive a third VHF channel. Other areas would be designated as "UHF islands" since they were too close to larger cities for VHF service. The "2" networks became CBS and NBC, "+1" represented [[non-commercial educational]] stations, and "1/2" became ABC (which was the weakest network usually winding up with the UHF allocation where no VHF was available).

However, Watertown was sandwiched between Syracuse (channels [[WSTM-TV|3]], [[WTVH|8, later 5]], and [[WSYR-TV|9]]) to the south, [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] (channels [[WROC-TV|6, later 8]], [[WHEC-TV|10]], and [[WHAM-TV|13]]) to the west, [[Utica, New York|Utica]] ([[WKTV|channel 13, later 2]]) and [[Albany, New York|Albany]] (channel [[WRGB|4, later 6]], later joined by [[WTEN|10]] and [[WNYT (TV)|13]]) to the southeast, [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]–[[Plattsburgh]] (channels [[WCAX-TV|3]] and [[WPTZ|5]]) to the east, [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]] (channel [[CKWS-DT|11]]) to the northwest, [[Ottawa]] (channels [[CBOT-DT|4]] and [[CBOFT-DT|9]], later joined by [[CJOH-DT|13]]) to the north, and [[Montreal]] (channels [[CBFT-DT|2]], [[CBMT-DT|6]], [[CFTM-DT|10]], and [[CFCF-DT|12]]) to the northeast. This created a large "doughnut" where there could only be ''one'' VHF license. WWNY was fortunate to gain that license, and as a result was the only television station based in the Watertown market until the early 1970s.

From 1958 until 1971, WCNY/WWNY also aired educational programming through [[National Educational Television]] (NET, becoming PBS in 1970) provided by the St. Lawrence Valley Educational Television Council. When the council established its own PBS member station, WNPE-TV (now [[WPBS-TV]]) in 1971, WWNY donated its original studios to the new station as it had moved to its current location near the ''Watertown Daily Times'' offices on Arcade Street in Downtown Watertown in mid-February 1970. The Johnson family sold WWNY to [[United Communications Corporation]] in 1981 for $8.2&nbsp;million after an unsuccessful struggle against the FCC and [[concentration of media ownership|its directive for newspapers to divest themselves of television stations held within the same market]].

Until WFYF (now [[WWTI]]) signed-on in 1988 replacing a small [[WUTR]] repeater on analog UHF channel 50 and taking the ABC affiliation, WWNY was Watertown's only commercial station. As a primary CBS affiliate, WWNY carried the network's full prime time schedule and news programs while cherry-picking the most popular ABC and NBC shows aired at other hours. The station also aired some Fox programming starting in 1987 while Sunday [[NFL on Fox|Fox Sports]] [[National Football League]] games aired on WWTI. When cable arrived in the region in the 1970s, viewers could watch the full network schedules via NBC affiliate WSTM-TV and ABC affiliate WIXT (now WSYR-TV) in Syracuse or NBC affiliate WPTZ in Plattsburgh.

Channel 7 gradually phased out non-CBS programming in the 1980s. ABC completely disappeared from the schedule when WFYF signed-on. NBC programs (including ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'') remained on WWNY into the 1980s with some prime time programming (which aired [[broadcast delay|delayed]]) lasting until 1995. After that, viewers received NBC programming from either WSTM or WPTZ, depending on location, until December 1, 2016, when [[WVNC-LD]] signed on as Watertown's first full-time NBC affiliate.<ref name="nbcnorthcountry">[http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/nbc-to-launch-affiliate-in-watertown-20161103 NBC to launch affiliate in Watertown] ''[[Watertown Daily Times]]'', November 3, 2016</ref> Fox programs largely disappeared in the early-1990s with the exception of [[Major League Baseball]] games from [[Fox Major League Baseball|Fox Sports]] which lasted until 1998.

On February 8, 2019, [[Gray Television]] announced it was purchasing the United stations, including WWNY-TV, WNYF-CD and WWNY-CD. In advance of the purchase, Gray assumed control of the stations via a [[local marketing agreement]] (LMA) on March 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/story/39933763/wwnywnyf-sold-to-gray-television|title=WWNY/WNYF Sold To Gray Television|publisher=WWNY-TV|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=February 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180525/https://www.wwnytv.com/story/39933763/wwnywnyf-sold-to-gray-television|url-status=dead}}</ref> WWNY-TV, WNYF-CD and WWNY-CD would be Gray's first stations in New York State; the acquisition would make them [[sister station]]s to fellow CBS affiliate WCAX-TV in adjacent Burlington, Vermont, another station owned by a small independent operator (in WCAX's case, the Hasbrook-Martin family) before Gray bought the station in 2017.<ref name="graybuysunited">{{cite web|url=https://gray.tv/uploads/documents/pressreleases/Press%20Release%20re%20Gray%20Enters%20New%20York%20State%20and%20Minnesota.pdf|title=Gray Enters New York State and Minnesota with Purchase of United's Strong Television Stations|publisher=[[Gray Television]]|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=February 8, 2019}}</ref> The sale was completed on May 1.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1804200&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=68853 "Consummation Notice"], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]]. Retrieved May 6, 2019.</ref>

===Translator history===
WWNY-CD was originally a repeater for ABC affiliate WWTI (channel 50) with the call sign W28BC.<ref name=fcc-wwnycdcallsigns>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WWNY-CD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=16744&Callsign=WWNY-CD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322173927/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=16744&Callsign=WWNY-CD|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2014|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> During that time, WWTI and WWNY had secondary affiliations with Fox. WWNY's secondary affiliation was for NFL games during the years CBS did not have broadcasting rights of the league. When that network acquired the rights to the [[American Football Conference|AFC]], WWTI then aired [[National Football Conference|NFC]] games from Fox, in addition to [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]]'s ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' (now on fellow [[Disney]] network [[ESPN]]).

In 2001, United Communications and WWNY entered into an agreement with [[Smith Media|Smith Broadcasting]] to make W28BC and sister station W25AB full-time Fox affiliates; Smith formerly owned WWTI, but did not include the translators in that station's sale to [[Ackerley Group]] in 2000. W25AB then changed its call letters to WNYF-LP and eventually moved from channel 25 to channel 28; after the Watertown station upgraded to Class A status in October 2002 (becoming WNYF-CA, later WNYF-CD),<ref name=fcc-wnyflpcallsigns>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WNYF-LP)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=16743&Callsign=WNYF-LP|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> W28BC inherited the '''WNYF-LP''' call sign.<ref name=fcc-wwnycdcallsigns/> WNYF-LP's low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 28 aired from a transmitter on [[NY 420]] in Massena.

On June 30, 2009, United Communications applied to the FCC for a digital version of WNYF-LP on UHF channel 18. This allocation was formerly used for WNPI-DT's analog signal. It was [[construction permit|approved for construction]] on June 8, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwnytv.com/about/96043719.html |title= WNYF-LP, Massena Granted Construction Permit for DTV Facility &#124; WWNY TV 7 - News, Weather and Sports for Watertown, NY &#124; About Us|website=wwnytv.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621141954/http://www.wwnytv.com/about/96043719.html |archive-date=June 21, 2010}}</ref> Taking on the '''WNYF-LD''' call sign,<ref name=fcc-wwnycdcallsigns/> it is officially licensed as a translator of WWNY-TV. This helps [[St. Lawrence County]] viewers who had experienced difficulty receiving WWNY's digital signal after that station transitioned to digital-only broadcasts.

On May 15, 2013, WNYF-CD and WNYF-LD swapped call signs,<ref name=fcc-wwnycdcallsigns/><ref name=fcc-wnyfcdcallsigns>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WNYF-CD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=168478&Callsign=WNYF-CD|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> as the Massena station is licensed as a class A facility while the Watertown digital station, at that time, was not. On February 6, 2014, WNYF-CD changed its call letters to WWNY-CD;<ref name=fcc-wwnycdcallsigns/> on March 13, 2014, the class A status for the Watertown station was transferred from the analog channel 28 license to the digital channel 35 license, retaking the WNYF-CD call sign.<ref name=fcc-wnyfcdcallsigns/><ref name=fcc-wnyfcdwatertown>{{cite web|title=Digital Class A Broadcast Station License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/view_auth.pl?Application_id=1624510&File_number=BLDTA-20140211ABL&Callsign=WNYF-CD&Facility=168478|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 14, 2014|format=PDF|date=March 13, 2014}}</ref>

==News operation==
On the same night it began airing in 1954, WWNY produced a five-minute local update at 11:15. For its entire existence, the station has held the number one spot in area [[Nielsen ratings]] by a wide margin. WWNY has traditionally been the dominant outlet in the North Country because it had the market to itself until WWTI signed-on in 1987. That station's two attempts at local newscasts—from 1987 to 1991 and from 1995 to 2004—never made any headway in the ratings, and WWNY remained the most-watched and highest-rated station. Since 2004, it has been the only station in the market with a functioning news department.

In 1981, this station's weekday morning show only consisted of two five-minute cut-ins. As late as 1998, it was broadcasting for thirty minutes. In 2004, the station began producing ninety minutes of news on weekday mornings.

On April 11, 2001, WWNY began airing a 35-minute weeknight prime time broadcast at 10 on WNYF called ''7 News Tonight on Fox''. However, it was only seen by a handful of viewers able to receive that station's two low-power over-the-air signals because WNYF was not yet being offered on cable. An agreement with [[Time Warner Cable]] (now [[Charter Spectrum]]) in fall 2001 placed the station on the system and the prime time news debuted for the rest of the area on October 4.

WNYF currently simulcasts the 6 a.m. hour of WWNY's weekday morning news. It then offers a second hour at 7 a.m. seen exclusively on the Fox affiliate while this station airs ''[[CBS Mornings]]''. The simulcast and separate show is known on WNYF as ''7 News This Morning on Fox''. There is no weekday morning or noon [[meteorologist]]; news anchor Beth Hall presents a forecast from [[AccuWeather]] during these segments. During the nightly evening weather forecasts, the station features a live [[National Weather Service]] [[weather radar]] based in [[Montague, New York|Montague]]'s Parkers section.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The stations' signals are [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WWNY-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/2023/04/13/watch-us-over-air-youll-need-rescan-your-sets/|title=Watch us over the air? You'll need to rescan your sets!|publisher=WWNY-TV|date=April 13, 2023|accessdate=April 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWNY#station|title = RabbitEars TV Query for WWNY|website=RabbitEars.info}}</ref> and WWNY-CD<ref>{{Cite web |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WWNY-CD |url=https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=16744#station |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=RabbitEars.info}}</ref>
! scope = "col" colspan="2"|[[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|[[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|[[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|Short name
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|Programming
|-
! scope = "col" | {{small|WWNY-TV}}||{{small|WWNY-CD}}
|-
! scope = "row" | 7.1 || 28.2
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=6| [[16:9]] || CBS || [[CBS]]
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" | [[WNYF-CD|7.2]] || [[WNYF-CD|28.1]]
| [[720p]] || FOX || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] ([[WNYF-CD]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 7.3 || rowspan=3| N/A
| rowspan=4| [[480i]] || DEFY || [[Ion Plus]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 7.4 
| OUTLAW || [[Outlaw (TV network)|Outlaw]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 7.5 
| OXYGEN || [[Oxygen (TV network)|Oxygen]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 7.6 || 28.6
| MeTV || [[MeTV]]
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}

===Analog-to-digital transition===
In May 2003, WWNY started broadcasting its digital signal on UHF channel 35 and began offering CBS programming in high definition. It then created a new second digital subchannel to offer a digital signal of WNYF as that station did not operate one of its own due to [[analog television|analog]]-only [[Class A television service|Class A]] and [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] signals.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}

WWNY has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/RPUE0ksC87Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125014355/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPUE0ksC87Q Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPUE0ksC87Q&t=6s| title = WWNY Analog Sign-Off: Feb 17, 2009 | date = February 18, 2009 | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/10/wwny-going-digital-february-17/ WWNY Going Digital February 17] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225145401/http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/10/wwny-going-digital-february-17/ |date=February 25, 2009 }}, WWNY-TV, February 10, 2009</ref><ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=Attachment I: DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |website=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=December 15, 2008 |page=21 |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both broadcasts of WWNY and WWTI were set to become digital-only starting on February 17. However, the latter's plans were delayed to June 12 by the FCC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/12/wwnys-digital-switch-might-not-happen-next-week/ |title=WWNY's Digital Switch Might Not Happen Next Week : WWNY TV 7 |access-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216174028/http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/12/wwnys-digital-switch-might-not-happen-next-week/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story/WWTI-to-continue-analog-broadcast-until-June-12/Ykp0viKHPk6dTz-HHYJBwA.cspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227093758/http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story/WWTI-to-continue-analog-broadcast-until-June-12/Ykp0viKHPk6dTz-HHYJBwA.cspx|archive-date=February 27, 2009|access-date=September 11, 2023|title=WWTI to continue analog broadcast until June 12}}</ref><ref>[http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090214/NEWS03/302149961 "FCC delays stations' switch to digital, WWNY TO APPEAL: Local affiliates told to keep analog signal on"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217175048/http://watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090214/NEWS03/302149961 |date=February 17, 2009 }}, Nancy Madsen, ''Watertown (New York) Daily Times'', February 14, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/16/its-definitewwny-will-transition-to-all-dtv-broadcasts-21709/ It's Definite...WWNY Will Transition to All DTV Broadcasts 2/17/09] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220091209/http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/16/its-definitewwny-will-transition-to-all-dtv-broadcasts-21709/ |date=February 20, 2009 }}, WWNY-TV 7News, February 16, 2009</ref> WWNY-DT's previous digital facilities on channel 35 were eventually re-employed by sister station WNYF to offer Fox in high definition for the first time.

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==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.wwnytv.com/}}

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